This review paper illustrates the main normal and superconducting state properties of
magnesium diboride, a material known since the early 1950s but only recently discovered to be …

… Zhao XT, Li WX, Chai WM, Chen KM: Detection of small hepatocellular carcinoma using
gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI: Is the addition of diffusion-weighted MRI at 3.0T beneficial? J Dig …

… The NFAT family has been thought to be a transcription factor that plays an important role in
activated T cells, but NFATc1 has been demonstrated to be a co-stimulatory signal essential …

Geant4 is a software toolkit for the simulation of the passage of particles through matter. It is
used by a large number of experiments and projects in a variety of application domains, …

Background Among breast cancers without human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)
amplification, overexpression, or both, a large proportion express low levels of HER2 that …

Background Four new oral anticoagulants compare favourably with warfarin for stroke
prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation; however, the balance between efficacy and safety in …

A critical function of tumor suppressor p53 is the induction of apoptosis in cells exposed to
noxious stresses. We report a previously unidentified pro-apoptotic gene, Noxa. Expression of …

The adipocyte-derived hormone adiponectin has been proposed to play important roles in
the regulation of energy homeostasis and insulin sensitivity, and it has been reported to …

We analyzed the effects of an FGF‐23 injection in vivo. FGF‐23 caused a reduction in serum
1,25‐dihydroxyvitamin D by altering the expressions of key enzymes for the vitamin D …

FGF23 is a unique member of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family because it acts as a
hormone that derives from bone and regulates kidney functions, whereas most other family …